I made my choice already, thanks though. As pointed out by Thudd above the american made fender jag was only produced in 2015 so getting one looks very scarce. I can live with my choice for a year or longer until I come across one, or by then have moved on to other pastures. It's not a Fender vs knockoffs issue for me. I just didn't want to spend an extra near 500 USD on a MIM and have been happy with the 200 USD TMB100. So I chose the TMB600, which only saves me 100 USD over the MIM, and it wasn't the savings I was after in this case. Does the MIM really have better parts and craftsmanship than the Ibanez? I do have to doubt that.
Already ordered the TMB600 and I decided to flip back to the 4 string.